Author Question: The parent of an 8.2-kg (18-lb) 9-month-old infant is borrowing a federally approved car seat from ... (Read 67 times)

piesebel · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The parent of an 8.2-kg (18-lb) 9-month-old infant is borrowing a federally approved car seat from the clinic. The nurse should explain that the safest way to put in the car seat is what?

a. Front facing in back seat
b. Rear facing in back seat
c. Front facing in front seat with air bag on passenger side
d. Rear facing in front seat if an air bag is on the passenger side

Question 2

A 2-year-old child is receiving digoxin (Lanoxin). The nurse should notify the practitioner and withhold the medication if the apical pulse is less than which rate?

a. 60 beats/min
b. 90 beats/min
c. 100 beats/min
d. 120 beats/min

phuda · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A rear-facing car seat provides the best protection for an infant's disproportionately heavy head and weak neck. The middle of the back seat is the safest position for the child. Severe injuries and deaths in children have occurred from air bags deploying on impact in the front passenger seat.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
If a 1-minute apical pulse is less than 90 beats/min for an infant or young child, the digoxin is withheld. Sixty beats/min is the cut-off for holding the digoxin dose in an adult. One hundred to 120 beats/min is an acceptable pulse rate for the administration of digoxin.